He envies not the rich and the luxurious,
But kindly would partake of their excess,
And help them to enjoy their better fortune.
Ever a steady and a candid friend,
Not quarrelsome, morose, or petulant,
And knows to keep his passions in due bounds.
If you are cheerful, he will laugh aloud;
Be amorous, be witty, or what else
Shall suit your humour, he will be so too,
And valiant, if a dinner's the reward.—Anon.